From Pine View Farm

What Is Patriotism? 0

I don’t often visit the Great Orange Satan. I find that it, like New York, is so big as to be overwhelming.

But, this morning, I stumbled across a marvelous meditation on what constitutes American patriotism.

Not the “my-country-right-or-wrong and to-hell-with-you” jingoism of the xenophobes, bigots, and warmongers, but rather the patriotism of those who love the United States and what it can someday be.

Here’s a nugget. I would urge you to read the whole thing:

I, too, love America more than any other nation. And while not a global expert, I have traveled, to Canada and Mexico, and to numerous nations in Europe. For all our flaws, the possibilities open to me here, the grandson of immigrant Jews, are greater than in any other nation. I want those opportunities even greater, and open to all who come here, who aspire to better lives for them and their progeny.

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